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Title Author Year
Batter my heart, three person’d God (Holy Sonnet 14) John Donne 1633
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130) William Shakespeare 1609
Instructions on Not Giving Up Ada Limón 2017
Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley 1818
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18) William Shakespeare 1609
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850
Precious Kira Tucker 2026
Persuasion William Wordsworth 1822
[And isn’t everything risk?] Gregory Orr 2026
Lupines in a Yard in San Antonio, Texas Michael Kleber-Diggs 2026
Late Bird Angela Narciso Torres 2026
She says, being forbidden: Leonora Speyer 2026
Bright Bindings Countee Cullen 1929
Critic Leonard Bacon 1930
From “Fungi of Yuggoth” [XIV. Star-winds] H. P. Lovecraft 1930
Desires André Fontainas 1911
Inauguration Day, 2025 David Wojahn 2025
The Artist Orpheus Donald Justice 1995
Clutch Trish Hopkinson 2025
The Sonnet in Drag Chris Watkins 2025

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